A file photo from 2016 of a male chimpanzee making a pant-hoot call to distant group members in Uganda’s Budongo Forest. — ADRIAN SOLDATI/AP
Out west, they groove with fast, evenly spaced beats. In the east, it’s more free-form and fluid.
Like humans, chimpanzees drum with distinct rhythms – and two subspecies living on opposite sides of Africa have their own signature styles, according to a study published in Current Biology.
